The Blue Fox (1938 film)

The Blue Fox
DVD cover
Directed by	Viktor Tourjansky
Written by	Ferenc Herczeg (play) Karl Georg Külb Ulrike Sanders
Produced by	Bruno Duday
Starring	Zarah Leander Willy Birgel Paul Hörbiger Jane Tilden
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Walter Fredersdorf
Music by	Lothar Brühne
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	14 December 1938
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Blue Fox (German: Der Blaufuchs) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel and Paul Hörbiger. It was based on a play by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Herczeg. It includes the song Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein.

Synopsis

Tired by her husband's lack of interest in her, due to his obsessive focus on his scientific study of fish, a Budapest woman flirts with the idea of running off with another man.

Cast

• Zarah Leander as Ilona Paulus
• Willy Birgel as Tabor Vary
• Paul Hörbiger as Stephan Paulus
• Jane Tilden as Lisi
• Karl Schönböck as Trill
• Rudolf Platte as Coachman Bela
• Eduard Wenck as Signalman Ürem
• Edith Meinhard as Tilla
• Gertrud de Lalsky as Professorengattin
• Erich Dunskus as Tankstellenwart
• Olga Engl as Ilonas Tante Margit
• Lothar Geist as Tankstellenlehrling
• Max Hiller as Ungarischer Bauer am Bahnhof
• Antonie Jaeckel as Die Frau Rektor
• Eva Klein-Donath as Professorengattin
• Ingolf Kuntze as Direktor des Trocadero
• Majan Lex as Anuschka, Magd bei Tante Margit
• Friedel Müller as Professorengattin
• Erich Nadler as Spielleiter im Trocadero
• Paul Rehkopf as Ungarischer Bauer
• Berta Scheven as Frau des Bahnwärters
• Franz von Bokay as Josy, Diener bei Tante Margit

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.
• Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

• The Blue Fox at IMDb